Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-14

in West Virginia, and these produced &c,
go pounds Of plug tobacco and S17,3l:
pounds OF smoking tobacco.
There were tour rectifiers who paid 4
special tax in West Virginia during th'
year; $50 retail liquor dealers and Il
wholesale liquor dealers
There are 100 manufacturers of cigars il
the State, and % dealers in leaf tobacco
t~wenty-three of these each handled les
than -, GOO pounds. There are l,15C
dealers in manufactured tobacco in thu
State and all but eleven manufacturers OF
tobacco.
There are : brewers in the State and bu
~ retail dealers in malt liquors and /.
wholesale dealers in malt liquors. TheS,
figures apply only to those who pay tn,
special tax.
There are but two registered grain dis
t~illeries in the State, one OF which was il
operation during the year. There were
however, l,05i registered fruit stills in tn
State, all Of which were operated, making
4 total OF 1915.
The grain diStilleIieS do not exceed
daily capacity of 30 gallons per day, anC
do not onsume more than , bushels 0
grain daily.
THE GRAIN USED.
The amount of grain and other material
used in the production of distilled spirit
in the State during the fiscal year endini
June 30 last is Us follows: 1895 bushel
of malt, AZ, 624 bushels of rye, and 2,4S
bushels of corn. There were 54,4S7 proc
gallons of spirits rectited during the yea
ending April so last. During the las
fiscal year there were fed at the registered
grain distilleriCs in the State O. cattle, tn
average weight of which vas 1913 pounds
and the total increase in weight wa
Is, 500 pounds.
The amount OF the assessments made II
West Virginia during the year was $lO7,
S35.27 On June 30 there was remaining
in the distillery warehouses IN West VIZ
ginia 1922 gallons OF bourbon and $40, 80
gallons of rye whisky.
The place where the stuff was produce,
was at the Harris Distilling Company a
Martinsburg.
Jarrett's distillery, , at--Fetterman, ant
| Sturgis' at Georgetown, W. Va, did no
produce any spirits during the year.
West Virginia exported 500 gallons @
rye whisky, and 951 gallons were lost b.
casualty in the distillery warehouses dur
ing the year.
AMOUNT on HAND.
On June 80 there were remaining
in the warehouses in West Vir
ginia 1881 37 gallons of rye whisky, anC
1881 gallons of Bourbon. The amour
on hands here was on October l, in tn,
hands of wholesale dealers, 53,30l gallon
of all kinds of domestic spirits, of whicl
%, 235 gallons was Bourbon, "a, $50 gal
Ions was rye whisky, 642 gallons of New
England alcohol, 32i gallons of New Eng
land rum. 1913 gallons of gin and 2,67S
gallons of pure neutral or Cologne spirits
There were 1928 gallons of m~iscellaneou
spirits. The foreign supply consisted o
81, 22 gallons, Of which l64 gallons were o
Scotch whisky. IS gallons of Jamaica rum
IS gallons of st. CroiX rum; 2l0 gallons o
Holland gin and 264 g,llons of miscella
neous spirits. The total number Of do
nestle and foreign on hand on October Is
in West Virginia was 65, 103 gallons. The
number OF wholesale liquor dealers is bu'
Z, and the number of rectifiers three. sOI
October LIST there were 761 $40 gallons o
distilled spirits in the distillery ware
houses in the State.
The total receipts by the collector or
oleOmargarine in West Virginia for eigh'
months, amounted to 1912. There wert
but 81 retail dealers in the article during
the period named.